Open Channel Hydraulics
- 2nd Edition - May 21, 2021
- Imprint: Butterworth-Heinemann
- Authors: A. Osman Akan, Seshadri S. Iyer
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 2 1 7 7 0 - 2
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 2 2 0 5 5 - 9
Open Channel Hydraulics, Second Edition provides extensive coverage of open channel design, with comprehensive discussions on fundamental equations and their application to open c… Read more
Purchase options
Institutional subscription on ScienceDirect
Request a sales quoteOpen Channel Hydraulics, Second Edition provides extensive coverage of open channel design, with comprehensive discussions on fundamental equations and their application to open channel hydraulics. The book includes practical formulas to compute flow rates or discharge, depths and other relevant quantities in open channel hydraulics. In addition, it also explains how mutual interaction of interconnected channels can affect the channel design. With coverage of the theoretical background, practical guidance to the design of open channels and other hydraulic structures, advanced topics, the latest research in the field, and real-world applications, this new edition offers an unparalleled user-friendly study reference.
- Introduces and explains all the main topics on open channel flows using numerous worked examples to illustrate key points
- Features extensive coverage of bridge hydraulics and scour - important topics civil engineers need to know as aging bridges are a major concern
- Includes Malcherek's momentum approach where applicable
Undergraduate or Graduate Civil and Environmental Engineers. Professional Civil and Water Resources Engineers, Designers and Modelers. Mechanical and Naval Engineering undergraduate or graduate students
- Cover Image
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Table of Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Chapter 1 Fundamentals of open-channel flow
- Abstract
- 1.1 Geometric elements of open channels
- 1.2 Velocity and discharge
- 1.3 Hydrostatic pressure
- 1.4 Mass, momentum, and energy transfer in open-channel flow
- 1.5 Open-channel flow classification
- 1.6 Conservation laws
- Problems
- References
- Chapter 2 Energy and momentum principles
- Abstract
- 2.1 Critical flow
- 2.2 Applications of energy principle for steady flow
- 2.3 Applications of momentum principle for steady flow
- Problems
- References
- Chapter 3 Normal flow
- Abstract
- 3.1 Flow resistance
- 3.2 Normal flow equation
- 3.3 Normal depth calculations in uniform channels
- 3.4 Normal depth calculations in grass-lined channels
- 3.5 Normal depth calculations in rip-rap channels
- 3.6 Normal flow in composite channels
- 3.7 Normal flow in compound channels
- Problems
- References
- Chapter 4 Gradually varied flow
- Abstract
- 4.1 Classification of channels for gradually varied flow
- 4.2 Classification of gradually varied flow profiles
- 4.3 Significance of Froude number in gradually varied flow calculations
- 4.4 Qualitative determination of expected gradually varied flow profiles
- 4.5 Gradually varied flow computations
- 4.6 Applications of gradually varied flow
- 4.7 Gradually varied flow in channel systems
- 4.8 Gradually varied flow in natural channels
- Problems
- References
- Chapter 5 Design of open channels
- Abstract
- 5.1 General design considerations
- 5.2 Design of unlined channels
- 5.3 Design of channels with flexible linings
- 5.4 Design of rigid boundary channels
- 5.5 Channel design for nonuniform flow
- Problems
- References
- Chapter 6 Hydraulic structures
- Abstract
- 6.1 Flow measurement structures
- 6.2 Culverts
- 6.3 Overflow spillways
- 6.4 Stilling basins
- 6.5 Channel transitions
- 6.6 Internal energy dissipators
- 6.7 Streambed-level dissipators—Contra Costa Basin
- 6.8 Riprap aprons
- PROBLEMS
- References
- Chapter 7 Bridge hydraulics
- Abstract
- 7.1 Modeling bridge sections
- 7.2 Evaluating scour at bridges
- Problems
- References
- Chapter 8 Introduction to unsteady open-channel flow
- Abstract
- 8.1 Governing equations
- 8.2 Numerical solution methods
- 8.3 Approximate unsteady flow models
- 8.4 Simple channel routing methods
- Problems
- References
- Answers
- Index
- Edition: 2
- Published: May 21, 2021
- Imprint: Butterworth-Heinemann
- No. of pages: 448
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128217702
- eBook ISBN: 9780128220559
AA
A. Osman Akan
Dr. A. Osman Akan, Emeritus Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Old Dominion University received his BSCE from the Middle East Technical University and MS and PhD from the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana. During his over 40 years of service in academia as a teacher, researcher, and faculty administrator, Dr. Akan published numerous journal articles, book chapters and textbooks. He received awards from the ASCE for two of his journal articles. The proposed book would be the sixth textbook Dr. Akan has authored or co-authored. He was a registered PE in the Commonwealth of Virginia until he retired in 2016. Dr. Akan is an ASCE Fellow.
Affiliations and expertise
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia, USASS
Seshadri S. Iyer
Dr. Seshadri S. Iyer, is a Senior Water Resources Engineer at HDR, Inc. He graduated BS in Civil Engineering from Bangalore University, Bangalore, India (1982), received his Masters from Indian Institute of Technology, Madras in Hydraulic Engineering (1984), and Ph.D. from the Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia (1996). Dr. Iyer has over 35 years of domestic and international professional and research experience in the field of water resources engineering. Dr. Iyer’s experience spans project management, hydrologic and hydraulic (H&H) analysis, scour analysis, transportation drainage systems, watershed modeling and preparation of master plans. Dr. Iyer is on the board of the Watershed Management Technical Committee and is involved in developing Manual of Practice for TMDL Analysis and Modeling. For over 10 years Dr. Iyer serves as an Adjunct Faculty at the Old Dominion University and teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in Urban Stormwater Hydrology, Hydraulic Engineering, Open Channel Hydraulics, & Groundwater Hydraulics.
Affiliations and expertise
Senior Water Resources Engineer, HDR, Inc, VA, USARead Open Channel Hydraulics on ScienceDirect